Human security in practice: Canadian and Japanese experiences

Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-101+219

  Bosold, David ^a   Werthes, Sascha ^a  

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References (39)

1. Peter Stoett, Human and Global Security. An Exploration of Terms (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), pp. 17-28.
2. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Human Development Report 1994. New Dimensions of Human Security (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), p. 3.
3. For the most-detailed evaluation of the term as a field of academic research, see Roland Paris, »Human Security. Paradigm Shift or Hot Air«, International Security, 26 (2) (2001): pp. 87-102.
4. The categorization resembles one found in the works of Fen Osler Hampson, see Fen Osler Hampson et al., Madness in the Multitude. Human Security and World Disorder (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2002), Chapter 2.
5. George MacLean, »Instituting and Projecting Human Security: A Canadian Perspective,« Australian Journal of International Affairs, 54 (3) (2000): pp. 269-76.
6. Lloyd Axworthy, »Canada and Human Security: The Need for Leadership,« International Journal, 52 (2) (1997): pp. 183-84.
7. On the evolution of transnational/global civil society see, for example, Mary Kaldor, Global Civil Society. An Answer to War (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004); John Keane, Global Civil Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
8. On the evolution of transnational/global civil society see, for example, Mary Kaldor, Global Civil Society. An Answer to War (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004); John Keane, Global Civil Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
9. See Michael Pearson, »Humanizing the UN Security Council,« p. 132, and Daryl Copeland, »The Axworthy Years: Canadian Foreign Policy in the Era of Diminished Capacity,« pp. 152-72, in Fen Osier Hampson, Norman Hillmer and Maureen Appel Molot (eds), The Axworthy Legacy (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001), as well as Fen Osier Hampson and Dean F. Oliver, »Pulpit Diplomacy. A Critical Assessment of the Axworthy Doctrine,« International Journal, 53 (3) (1998): pp. 379-406.
10. See Michael Pearson, »Humanizing the UN Security Council,« p. 132, and Daryl Copeland, »The Axworthy Years: Canadian Foreign Policy in the Era of Diminished Capacity,« pp. 152-72, in Fen Osier Hampson, Norman Hillmer and Maureen Appel Molot (eds), The Axworthy Legacy (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001), as well as Fen Osier Hampson and Dean F. Oliver, »Pulpit Diplomacy. A Critical Assessment of the Axworthy Doctrine,« International Journal, 53 (3) (1998): pp. 379-406.
11. See Michael Pearson, »Humanizing the UN Security Council,« p. 132, and Daryl Copeland, »The Axworthy Years: Canadian Foreign Policy in the Era of Diminished Capacity,« pp. 152-72, in Fen Osier Hampson, Norman Hillmer and Maureen Appel Molot (eds), The Axworthy Legacy (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001), as well as Fen Osier Hampson and Dean F. Oliver, »Pulpit Diplomacy. A Critical Assessment of the Axworthy Doctrine,« International Journal, 53 (3) (1998): pp. 379-406.
12. Sec »Plan of Action for Canadian Chairmanship of the Human Security Network (May 2004-May 2005),« available at: 〈http://www. humansecuritynetwork.org/docs/ottawa_plan-e.php〉, accessed on 15 November 2004.
13. See both Lloyd Axworthy, »Foreword,« pp. xv-xvii, and Richard A. Matthew, »Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement II: Conclusions,« in Richard A. Matthew et al. (eds), Landmines and Human Security (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004), pp. 270-72.
14. See both Lloyd Axworthy, »Foreword,« pp. xv-xvii, and Richard A. Matthew, »Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement II: Conclusions,« in Richard A. Matthew et al. (eds), Landmines and Human Security (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004), pp. 270-72.
15. Cited by Don Hubert and Michael Bonser, »Humanitarian Military Intervention,« in Rob McRae and Don Hubert (eds), Human Security and the New Diplomacy (Montreal, Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001), p. 113. For additional information on Canada and Kosovo, see Paul Heinbecker and Rob McRae, »Case Study: The Kosovo Air Campaign,« in McRae and Hubert (2001), pp. 122-33.
16. Cited by Don Hubert and Michael Bonser, »Humanitarian Military Intervention,« in Rob McRae and Don Hubert (eds), Human Security and the New Diplomacy (Montreal, Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001), p. 113. For additional information on Canada and Kosovo, see Paul Heinbecker and Rob McRae, »Case Study: The Kosovo Air Campaign,« in McRae and Hubert (2001), pp. 122-33.
17. ICISS, The Responsibility to Protect (Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2001).
18. On the discrepancies between good intentions and hard facts in relation to peace-building in post-conflict societies, see Roland Paris, At War's End (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
19. As may currently be seen in the case of Sudan. See, for example, Cheryl O. Igiri and Princeton N. Lyman, »Giving Meaning to Seeking an Effective Response to the Crisis in Darfur and Beyond,« CFR No. 5 (New York: Council on Foreign Relations, September 2004).
20. Michael Small,»The Human Security Network,« in McRae and Hubert (2001), loc. cit., pp. 231-35. For recent developments and statements, see the network's website 〈 http://www.liumansecuritynetwork.org〉. The current Canadian document is DFAIT, Freedom from fear (Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2002), available at: 〈http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/pdf/freedom_from_fear-en.pdf〉, accessed 26 April 2004.
21. Michael Small,»The Human Security Network,« in McRae and Hubert (2001), loc. cit., pp. 231-35. For recent developments and statements, see the network's website 〈 http://www.liumansecuritynetwork.org〉. The current Canadian document is DFAIT, Freedom from fear (Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2002), available at: 〈http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/pdf/freedom_from_fear-en.pdf〉, accessed 26 April 2004.
22. Michael Small,»The Human Security Network,« in McRae and Hubert (2001), loc. cit., pp. 231-35. For recent developments and statements, see the network's website 〈 http://www.liumansecuritynetwork.org〉. The current Canadian document is DFAIT, Freedom from fear (Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2002), available at: 〈http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/pdf/freedom_from_fear-en.pdf〉, accessed 26 April 2004.
23. All citations are taken from Bert Edström,»Japan's Foreign Policy and Human Security,« Japan Forum, 15 (2) (2003): pp. 212-14. For an overview of human security in Asia, see chapters 3, 6 and 14 of William T. Tow et al. (eds), Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2000).
24. All citations are taken from Bert Edström,»Japan's Foreign Policy and Human Security,« Japan Forum, 15 (2) (2003): pp. 212-14. For an overview of human security in Asia, see chapters 3, 6 and 14 of William T. Tow et al. (eds), Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2000).
25. Keizo Obuchi,»Opening Remarks by Prime Minister Obuchi at 〈An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow〉 « Tokyo (12 December 1998), available at: →http:www.mofa.go.jp/policy/culture/ intellectual/asia9812.html←, accessed on 31 March 2004; and Keizo Obuchi,»Toward the Creation of A Bright Future for Asia« Policy Speech by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Hanoi, Vietnam (16 December 1998), available at: 〈http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/asean/pmv9812/ policyspeech.html〉, accessed on 31 March 2004.
26. Keizo Obuchi,»Opening Remarks by Prime Minister Obuchi at 〈An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia's Tomorrow〉 « Tokyo (12 December 1998), available at:»http:www.mofa.go.jp/policy/culture/ intellectual/asia9812.html« accessed on 31 March 2004; and Keizo Obuchi,»Toward the Creation of A Bright Future for Asia« Policy Speech by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Hanoi, Vietnam (16 December 1998), available at: 〈http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/asean/pmv9812/ policyspeech.html〉, accessed on 31 March 2004.
27. This citation from an official of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taken from Edström (2003), loc. cit., p. 216.
28. Among others, see the Trust Fund for Human Security, For the»Human-centred« 21st Century (Tokyo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2003), available at: 〈http://www. mofa.go.jp/policy/human_secu/t_fund21I/ t_fund21.pdf〉, and the statements of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Shinako Tsuchiya at the 2001 and 2003 symposia on Human Security, available at: 〈http://www.mofa.go.jp/ policy/human_secu/〉, all accessed 26 April 2004.
29. Among others, see the Trust Fund for Human Security, For the»Human-centred« 21st Century (Tokyo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2003), available at: 〈http://www. mofa.go.jp/policy/human_secu/t_fund21I/ t_fund21.pdf〉, and the statements of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Shinako Tsuchiya at the 2001 and 2003 symposia on Human Security, available at: 〈http://www.mofa.go.jp/ policy/human_secu/〉, all accessed 26 April 2004.
30. Yoriko Kawaguchi,»A Foreign Policy to Consolidate Peace,« Japan Echo, 30 (2) (2003): p. 29, and Keizô Takemi,»A New Direction for Japan's Aid Program,« Japan Echo, 30 (3) (2003): p. 23.
31. Yoriko Kawaguchi,»A Foreign Policy to Consolidate Peace,« Japan Echo, 30 (2) (2003): p. 29, and Keizô Takemi,»A New Direction for Japan's Aid Program,« Japan Echo, 30 (3) (2003): p. 23.
32. Commission on Human Security, Human Security Now (New York: United Nations Publications, 2003).
33. This is despite the new»Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects,« on which see Ian Neary,»Japan's Human Security Agenda and Its Domestic Human Rights Policies,« Japan Forum, 15 (2) (2003): pp. 283-84;
34. Bert Edström, Julie Gilson, and Phillida Purvis emphasize the leading role of Obuchi in promoting human security in Japan; see their contributions in Japan Forum, 15 (2) (2003); for an evaluation of Axworthy's role in Canada's human security policy, see various contributions in
35. Fen Osier Hampson, Norman Hillmer, and Maureen Appel Molot (eds), The Axworthy Legacy (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001)
36. and Greg Donaghy,»All God's Children: Lloyd Axworthy, Human Security and Canadian Foreign Policy,« Canadian Foreign Policy, 10 (2) (2003): pp. 39-56.
37. Axworthy (2004), loc. cit., p. xvi.
38. The»threshold-based definition« by Taylor Owen offers a restricted but nevertheless encompassing conceptualization. See Taylor Owen,»Human Security - Conflict, Critique and Consensus: Colloquium Remarks and a Proposal for a Threshold-Based Definition,« Security Dialogue, 35 (3) (2004): pp. 373-87.
39. See, for example, Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities, A Human Security Doctrine for Europe. The Barcelona Report of the Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities (Barcelona: Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities, 2004.) Available at: 〈http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/ Human%20Security%20Report%20Full.pdf〉, accessed on 15 November 2004.